Samsung is likely to announce the Galaxy S23 series and the Galaxy Book 3 series of laptops at its Galaxy Unpacked event.Samsung’s ‘Unpacked’ event takes place later tonight at San Francisco, with the company hosting its first in-person event in three years. The star of tonight’s event will be the Galaxy S23 series, where three smartphones are expected: the Galaxy S23 Ultra, the Galaxy S23 Plus and the Galaxy S23. Samsung’s new Galaxy Book laptops are also expected to make an appearance in tonight’s show. The event is taking place in the Masonic Auditorium in San Francisco, starting at 11:30 PM IST on February 1.
The Galaxy S23 series will be powered by the Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 processor with at least 8GB RAM and 128GB of internal storage on the base variant. Now, whether Samsung makes tweaks to the top-end Qualcomm chipset is something that we will have to wait and see. All three variants of the Galaxy S23 are also expected to pack an improved camera system with better low-light photography. The floating camera design of the S22 Ultra is expected on the S23+ and S23 variants as well.
Samsung will also introduce the 200MP camera on the S23 Ultra as well. Samsung announced earlier this month that the 200MP ISOCELL HP2 Sensor was entering mass production and this will likely be a part of the S23 Ultra. Just how the company implements this and what sort of improvements it will mean for the camera, will be closely watched by all.
Samsung is also expected to announce its flagship Android tablets, likely to be powered by the same Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 processor. However, we might not see any new smart wearables at the Galaxy Unpacked 2023 event. Samsung’s Galaxy Book 3 laptop is likely to be based on the latest 13th Gen Intel Core processor, and some of the variants are also expected to feature a dedicated graphics card.
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Contradicting rumours about major price hikes this year, the Galaxy S23 series starts at only Rs 2,000 higher than the previous generation. Below are the prices for these models.
Galaxy S23 Ultra (12GB/1TB) – Rs 154,999
Galaxy S23 Ultra (12GB/512GB) – Rs 134,999
Galaxy S23 Ultra (12GB/256GB) – Rs 124,999
Galaxy S23+ (8GB/512GB) – Rs 104,999
Galaxy S23+ (8GB/256GB) – Rs 94,999
Galaxy S23 (8GB/256GB) – Rs 79,999
Galaxy S23 (8GB/128GB) – Rs 74,999
Samsung has officially launched the Galaxy S23 series of smartphones, powered by the Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 for Galaxy in India. All three variants of the Galaxy S23 series — the Galaxy S23, Galaxy S23+, and the Galaxy S23 Ultra will be available for pre-order in India starting today.
Customers can pre-reserve the Galaxy S23 series on samsung.com for Rs 1,999 and can get benefits worth Rs 5,000, and can also get the best exchange offer on old phones. Users can also avail of an additional Rs 2,000 welcome voucher when the purchase is made via the Samsung Shop app. Users who pre-order the phone on the Samsung website will also get an option to buy the phone in exclusive colour options.
Samsung, India’s largest consumer electronics brand, today said that all Galaxy S23 smartphones sold in India will be manufactured at the company's Noida factory. Samsung already fulfils a majority of the domestic demand in India through local manufacturing at the Noida factory.
Samsung's decision to sell 'Made in India' Galaxy S23 smartphones shows the company's commitment to India’s manufacturing and growth story.
Samsung inaugurated the World’s Largest Mobile Factory in Noida in 2018, with the vision to make India a global manufacturing hub. This factory was inaugurated by Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Samsung also set up the World’s Largest Mobile Experience Centre at the iconic Opera House in Bengaluru, further strengthening its commitment to India.
The newly-launched Galaxy S23 series - Galaxy S23 Ultra, Galaxy S23+ and Galaxy S23 - are the new standard-bearers of a trustworthy premium smartphone experience, merging power and lasting innovation in devices that have less environmental impact.
Galaxy S23 series smartphones come with “Snapdragon® 8 Gen 2 Mobile Platform for Galaxy” to deliver a premium experience, including groundbreaking AI, future-ready mobile gaming experience and powerfully sustained game play with the world’s fastest mobile graphics. The new S23 series also comes with more recycled materials than any other Samsung Galaxy smartphone.
Galaxy S23 Ultra comes with Samsung’s most advanced camera system, tailored for nearly any lighting conditions and engineered to render incredible detail. Galaxy S23 Ultra boasts a new 200MP Adaptive Pixel sensor that captures epic moments with incredible precision.
The Galaxy S23 series raises the bar for premium technology designed with the planet in mind. It is made using even more recycled materials than the Galaxy S22 series, including pre-consumer recycled aluminum and recycled glass, and post-consumer recycled plastics sourced from discarded fishing nets, water barrels and polyethylene terephthalate (PET) bottles.
Galaxy S23 series comes with Samsung Knox protection, which has received more government and industry certifications than any other mobile device, platform, or solution on the market. For an added layer of security, Knox Vault, which was first introduced on the Galaxy S21 series, protects critical information on the Galaxy S23 series by isolating it from the rest of the device, including the OS, for added protection against vulnerabilities.
The price of the Galaxy Book 3 Pro starts at $1,249 approx Rs 1,02,369, while the price of the Galaxy Book Pro 360 starts at $1,399 approx Rs 1,14,663. Both models will be available for pre-order starting today and will be available for purchase starting February 17th in select markets.
The Galaxy S23 starts at $799 in the US, the Galaxy S23+ at $999, and the Galaxy S23 Ultra at $1,199, which is identical to the prices of last year's models. It remains to be seen if Samsung will keep the prices the same across the board in India too, even as rumours suggest otherwise.
Galaxy S23 -- $799 approx Rs 65,486
Galaxy S23 -- $999 approx Rs 81,878
Galaxy S23 Ultra -- $1,199 approx Rs 98,271
The price of the Galaxy S23 series is identical to that of the Galaxy S22 series, at least in the US. Hence, we also also expect a similar pricing in India.
A Galaxy phone and a Galaxy tablet can be used with a Galaxy Book laptop as connected devices. The touch variant of the Galaxy Book Pro 360 also supports S Pen with almost zero latency.
Galaxy Book 3 has multiple ports, including a full-sized HDMI port. The laptop is powered by the 13th Gen Intel core processors (Core i7 or i9) with up to RTX 4070 laptop GPU, making it the most powered Galaxy laptop ever. There is also a Galaxy Pro 360 and a standard variant, both featuring an AMOLED display.
The Samsung Galaxy S23 series is powered by the Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 SoC, and the device also supports Ray Tracing. All three models also come with an improved OLED display with a peak brightness of 1750nits.
The Galaxy S23 series of smartphones will support night mode for both video and photo mode. The Galaxy S23, and S23 have a 50MP primary camera, 12MP ultra-wide angle lens, and a 10MP telephoto lens. The Galaxy S23 Ultra has a 200MP primary camera, 12MP ultra-wide angle lens, and two 10MP telephoto lenses.
The Samsung Galaxy S23 Ultra comes with several new camera-centric features and an option to record pro-grade video with features like OIS (optical image stabilisation). The Galaxy S23 Ultra comes with an improved OIS and adaptive VDIS along with improved software to offer a better low-light video production experience by reducing noise. It also reduces overexposure and colour saturation.
The Samsung Galaxy S23 Ultra will be the first smartphone to feature massive 200MP images, and it uses 16:1 pixel binning technology to take 12MP high-quality images, and the device can also shoot 50MP images.
The Galaxy S23 series will support the Super HDR feature and can also produce 12-bit images. Galaxy S23 can also record 4K 60fps videos on both primary camera and the selfie camera and it also supports up to 8K video recording on the primary camera with up to 30fps.
We are focused on meaningful innovation, beyond specifications, say Roh. S series will continue to build its legacy and redefine a smartphone with one of the most interesting cameras.
Samsung Galaxy Unpacked 2023 event will begin in a moment, where, the company will showcases its latest flagship smartphones -- the Galaxy S23, Galaxy S23+, and the Galaxy S23 Ultra smartphones, possibly powered by the Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 SoC.
With just an hour and a half left for the event, now would be a good time to speculate what the Galaxy S23 launch will focus on. We are guessing it will be cameras. In a blog post last month, Samsung's head of mobile experience business, TM Roh, noted that the "pro-grade camera system is getting smarter, offering the best photos and videos in any light among our Galaxy smartphones." The Galaxy S23 Ultra is rumoured to feature a massive 200MP sensor, but the exact benefits of such a huge jump in pixel count will be something to watch out for in the event.
If you can't contain your excitement about the Galaxy S23 series, you can pre-register for the upcoming phones. A pre-reserve option is already up on Samsung India's website where customers can pre-reserve the phones for Rs 1,999 (refundable). Customers who pre-reserve these smartphones will also be treated to benefits worth up to Rs 5,000.
Apart from the new processor, Samsung might also increase the RAM and storage on the base variant of the Galaxy S23 Ultra. Last year, the base variant of the Galaxy S23 Ultra came with 8GB of RAM and 128 GB of internal storage. But this year, the South Korean tech giant is expected to bump up the storage and RAM on the cheapest S23 Ultra model to 256GB and 12GB, respectively.
The Galaxy S23 and the Galaxy S23 Plus are likely to come with the same camera sensors. They are both expected to come with a triple-camera setup which consists of a 50MP primary camera with an f/1.8 aperture; a 10MP telephoto lens with an f/2.4 aperture and 3x optical zoom; and a 12 MP ultrawide sensor with a 120-degree field of view and an aperture of f/2.2.
But the real juicy camera upgrade is coming to the Samsung Galaxy S23 Ultra, which is expected to come with the recently announced 200MP ISOCELL HP2 sensor developed in-house by the company. The sensor should significantly improve low-light photography while also coming with new pixel-binning technology.
All of the new Samsung Galaxy S23 devices will be powered by a custom version of Qualcomm’s powerful Snapdragon 8 gen 2 chipset launched in November 2022. According to Qualcomm, the latest chipset offers 40 per cent improved power efficiency over the Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 chipset, which featured in the Galaxy S22 series. It also has 25 per cent improved GPU performance with support for ray tracing. Also, it comes with a dedicated AI processing chip and support for dynamic head tracking and Bluetooth 5.3.
microSD card support is rare among premium phones, with one reason being that they tend to be a lot slower than the internal storage of the smartphone. The last Samsung Galaxy flagship phone to feature a microSD card was the Galaxy S20 series, and the feature has been absent ever since.
While it might be a little naive to expect a device manufacturer to bring back features that it has removed previously, it is not without precedent. Apple reintroduced an SD card slot and MagSafe charging to the 14-inch and 16-inch MacBook Pro versions after going years without support for them. If the Galaxy S23 series were to come with microSD card support, it would provide added flexibility for users who need more storage.
Samsung’s flagship phones can currently support one eSIM card, but it would be helpful if they continue to offer a physical nano SIM card slot along with the option to run two active eSIM cards at the same time. This would especially come as a boon to frequent fliers who will be able to switch between various network providers without physically accessing the SIM card slot.
Samsung’s flagship smartphones currently allow users to record video with up to an 8k resolution with HDR. But while Apple has been offering the ability to record Dolby Vision video for over two years, starting with the iPhone 12, we are yet to see the feature in Samsung phones.
Thanks to an industry trend started by Apple, it is out of the question to expect Samsung to include a charger in the box. But what we do hope for is that the new devices charge faster this time around. Flagship phones from Xiaomi, OnePlus and others have begun to offer fast charging with speeds of up to 100W. But currently, Samsung phones are limited to the 45W fast charging that is available on the Galaxy S22 Ultra.
Smartphones are no longer fun and exciting. Chances are, Samsung's upcoming S23 series will probably come with updates that are more iterative rather than revolutionary. But despite this, the new flagship series from the South Korean tech giant will likely still find customers who are looking to upgrade from their older devices, according to Anuj Bhatia.
The Galaxy S23 series launches at a time when macro-economic conditions are tough, as most tech companies have acknowledged. The smartphone market is also shrinking and users are holding onto their device even longer. And according to Anuj Bhatia, while the Galaxy S23 might not mark a radical change in terms of features and specifications, it will continue to play an important role in the company's premium flagship strategy. Read on to know more.
Samsung's Galaxy S23 series is the most important in the company's lineup as these are the first flagships that the brand launches at the start of the year. The S23 series will have three variants: The S23 Ultra, which will be the most premium phone in the market, the S23 Plus, which will have a big display, the same processor as the Ultra, but slightly pared down camera. The S23 will be the most 'affordable' and smallest phone in the list with the same processor, but again a different camera and possibly smaller battery size. Only the Ultra will come with the S Pen support, which has been the trend in the past few years.